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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958018703321

Autore

Ahrne Goran <1944->

Titolo

Social organizations : interaction inside, outside and between organizations / / Goran Ahrne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c1994

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications, , 1994

ISBN

9780803989207

0803989202

9781446265659

144626565X

9781283880343

1283880342

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 180 pages)

Disciplina

302.3

Soggetti

Organization

Social structure

Social systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[156]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Organized Individuals; Chapter 2 - Organizational Centaurs; Chapter 3 - The Organized Transformation of Action into Process; Chapter 4 - Outside Organizations; Chapter 5 - Inside Organizations; Chapter 6 - Between Organizations; Chapter 7 - In the Thick of Organizations; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Illustrates the potential of an organizational theory of society to illuminate current areas of sociological interest. The text draws on different strands of organization theory to show how a synthesis with social theory clarifies the nature and effects of social and organizational interactions.